Re: debian: C library man pages
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 05:31:22PM +1100, Brendan J Simon wrote:
> >
> > I can't find the C library manpages. I'm running Potato on a PowerMac
> > and Intel system.
> > I have install manpages, libc6 and glibc-doc. I can't find any other
> > appropriate package by using "apt-cache pkgnames" or "apt-cache search".
> >
> > What package do I need to install to get the C library manpages.
>
> manpages-dev.
>
> However, you should get into the habit of using 'info' for the C
> library documentation - the info documentation is in glibc-doc, and
> kept in sync with the library, while the man pages are often years out
> of date.
I *hate* the user interface for info. man is so much easier.
Is there a better way to use info other than the command line info command. The
gnome-help-browser is OK but I can't do searches with it.
Brendan Simon.
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